Victim's car, found alongside the road some distance from where body was located (OSP)
Victim's car, found alongside the road some distance from where body was located (OSP)
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The chances may be slim, but Oregon State Police are hoping drivers who were headed west on I-84 last Friday (August 19th) will come forward.

   The woman was struck in the early morning hours

Oregon State Police say the pedestrian, identified as 43-year-old Jennifer Johnson of Wellpenit, WA was apparently walking along the side of the road when she was struck by a vehicle sometime between the hours of 4 and 5:20 AM.  OSP says she was discovered around 9 AM, investigative forensics indicate she'd been there for at least four hours before a driver spotted her.

She was found near mile marker 89, east of The Dalles.

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Later Troopers found her car parked alongside the road some distance further back. It's the car pictured in our story.  The OSP believes it's likely Johnson was struck by a driver who thought they'd hit an animal. Anyone who has any information or was perhaps traveling on I-84 during those hours on August 19th should call 800-442-0776.

Troopers did not say why Johnson was apparently walking on the shoulder, no information as to whether her car had broken down or become disabled. The investigation continues.

 

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